Revolution at the table : the transformation of the American diet, Harvey A. Levenstein

The Resource Revolution at the table : the transformation of the American diet, Harvey A. Levenstein

Revolution at the table : the transformation of the American diet, Harvey A. Levenstein

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The American table in 1880: the tastes of the upper crust -- How the other half ate -- The rise of the giant food processors -- The New England kitchen and the failure to reform working-class eating habits -- The "servant problem" and middle-class cookery -- The new nutritionists assault the middle classes -- Scientists, pseudoscientists, and faddists -- New reformers and new immigrants -- The great malnutrition scare, 1907-1930 -- "Best for babies" or "preventable infanticide"?: the controversy over artificial feeding of infants, 1880-1930 -- "Food will win the war" -- The newer nutrition, 1915-1930 -- A revolution of declining expectations -- Workers and farmers during the "prosperity decade" -- The old (restaurant) order changeth -- Too rich and too thin?

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ocm16464971

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24 cm.

Extent

xii, 275 p., [12] p. of plates

Isbn

9780195043655

Isbn Type

(alk. paper)

Lccn

87022006

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ill.

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(OCoLC)16464971

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Revolution at the table : the transformation of the American diet, Harvey A. Levenstein

The American table in 1880: the tastes of the upper crust -- How the other half ate -- The rise of the giant food processors -- The New England kitchen and the failure to reform working-class eating habits -- The "servant problem" and middle-class cookery -- The new nutritionists assault the middle classes -- Scientists, pseudoscientists, and faddists -- New reformers and new immigrants -- The great malnutrition scare, 1907-1930 -- "Best for babies" or "preventable infanticide"?: the controversy over artificial feeding of infants, 1880-1930 -- "Food will win the war" -- The newer nutrition, 1915-1930 -- A revolution of declining expectations -- Workers and farmers during the "prosperity decade" -- The old (restaurant) order changeth -- Too rich and too thin?